The white window sounds like bug #935630. We're looking for photographic evidence in order to take the next step with that bug, so if it does indeed sound like the issue you're having, and you could supply that, it'd certainly help. Exact steps to reproduce the bug of course would be wonderful.
The -synaptics update was probably not available in time for your dist- upgrade this morning, but should be there now. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-ati in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/933788 Title: X crashes or spins on occasion To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/933788/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp